Fish toxins

[1] The process of documenting many fish toxins and their use is ongoing, with interest in potential uses from medicine, agriculture, and industry.

In 1212 AD, King Frederick II prohibited the use of certain plant piscicides, and by the 15th century, similar laws had been decreed in other European countries, as well.

[7][full citation needed] Herbal fish-stupefying agents are proven means of fishing.

Many of these plants have been used for a long time by local people, and have been tested and found to have medicinal properties, such as Careya arborea, which is used as analgesic[8] and antidiarrheal.

[10][11] Bark extracts of Lannea coromandelica caused lysis of cell membranes followed by fragmentation of cellular materials.